John 8:33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”

8:33 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
新标点和合本 - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴仆。你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们回答他：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴隶，你怎么说‘会使你们自由’呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们回答他：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴隶，你怎么说‘会使你们自由’呢？”
当代译本 - 他们说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，从来没有做过奴隶，你怎么说我们可以得到自由呢？”
圣经新译本 - 他们说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有被谁奴役过，你怎么说‘你们必得自由’呢？”
中文标准译本 - 他们回答：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有做过谁的奴仆。你怎么说‘你们将要得自由’呢？”
现代标点和合本 - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有做过谁的奴仆，你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴仆，你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
New International Version - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
New International Reader's Version - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s children. We have never been slaves of anyone. So how can you say that we will be set free?”
English Standard Version - They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
New Living Translation - “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”
The Message - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
Christian Standard Bible - “We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
New American Standard Bible - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
New King James Version - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
American Standard Version - They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
King James Version - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
New English Translation - “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
World English Bible - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
新標點和合本 - 他們回答說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴僕。你怎麼說『你們必得以自由』呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們回答他：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說『會使你們自由』呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們回答他：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說『會使你們自由』呢？」
當代譯本 - 他們說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的子孫，從來沒有做過奴隸，你怎麼說我們可以得到自由呢？」
聖經新譯本 - 他們說：“我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有被誰奴役過，你怎麼說‘你們必得自由’呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 他們回答耶穌說：『我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說，「你們必得自主」呢？』
中文標準譯本 - 他們回答：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴僕。你怎麼說『你們將要得自由』呢？」
現代標點和合本 - 他們回答說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴僕，你怎麼說『你們必得以自由』呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 眾曰、我儕亞伯拉罕之裔、從未為人奴、何釋之云、曰、
文理委辦譯本 - 眾曰、我儕亞伯拉罕裔、從未為人奴、何云、釋我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 眾曰、我儕乃亞伯拉罕之裔、從未為人之奴、何云釋我、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若輩應曰：『吾輩乃亞伯漢之子孫、未嘗見奴於人、爾亦安得曰：「吾人將獲自由」乎？』
Nueva Versión Internacional - —Nosotros somos descendientes de Abraham —le contestaron—, y nunca hemos sido esclavos de nadie. ¿Cómo puedes decir que seremos liberados?
현대인의 성경 - “우리는 아브라함의 후손으로 남의 종이 된 적이 없는데 어째서 당신은 우리가 자유를 얻게 될 것이라고 말하시오?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Авраама и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Ибрахима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Ибрахима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Иброхима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - – Nous, lui répondirent-ils, nous sommes la postérité d’Abraham , nous n’avons jamais été esclaves de personne. Comment peux-tu dire : « Vous serez des hommes libres ? »
リビングバイブル - 「おことばですが、私たちはれっきとしたアブラハムの子孫です。これまで、だれの奴隷になったこともありません。『自由にする』とはどういうことでしょう。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτόν· σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε· πῶς σὺ λέγεις ὅτι ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτόν, σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε; πῶς σὺ λέγεις, ὅτι ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε?
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles lhe responderam: “Somos descendentes de Abraão e nunca fomos escravos de ninguém. Como você pode dizer que seremos livres?”
Hoffnung für alle - »Aber wir sind Nachkommen von Abraham und niemals Sklaven gewesen«, wandten sie ein. »Wie kannst du da sagen: ›Ihr sollt befreit werden‹?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Họ nói: “Chúng tôi là dòng dõi Áp-ra-ham, không bao giờ làm nô lệ ai, sao Thầy nói chúng tôi được giải thoát?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาตอบว่า “เราเป็นลูกหลานของอับราฮัม ไม่เคยเป็นทาสใคร ท่านพูดมาได้อย่างไรว่าเราจะเป็นไท?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เขาเหล่านั้นตอบพระองค์ว่า “พวกเราสืบตระกูลมาจากอับราฮัม และยังไม่เคยเป็นทาสของใครเลย ท่านพูดได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ท่านจะเป็นอิสระ’”

交叉引用

Genesis 15:13 - God said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Luke 16:24 - And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’
Luke 16:25 - But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.
Luke 16:26 - And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’
John 19:25 - So the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister [ Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Judges 2:18 - When the Lord raised up judges for them, He was with the judge and He rescued them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.
Ezra 9:9 - For we are slaves; yet our God has not abandoned us in our bondage, but has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to revive us to rebuild the house of our God, to repair the site of its ruins and to give us a wall [of protection] in Judah and Jerusalem.
Exodus 1:13 - And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].
Exodus 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar, brick, and all kinds of field work. All their labor was harsh and severe.
Leviticus 25:42 - For the Israelites are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.
Judges 3:8 - So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Nehemiah 5:4 - There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.
Nehemiah 5:5 - Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are powerless [to redeem them] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Nehemiah 5:6 - Then I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words [of accusation].
Nehemiah 5:7 - I thought it over and then challenged the nobles and the rulers. I said to them, “You are exacting usury (excessive interest) from your own brother (relative).” So I held a great assembly to confront them.
Nehemiah 5:8 - I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed (purchased back) our Jewish brothers who were sold to the [Gentile] nations; now would you even sell your brothers, that they might be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a [single] word to say.
Nehemiah 9:27 - Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them. But when they cried out to You in the time of their suffering and distress, You heard them from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them people to rescue them. Who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah 9:28 - But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil before You; Therefore You abandoned them into the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. Yet when they turned and cried out again to You, You heard them from heaven, And You rescued them many times in accordance with Your compassion,
Judges 4:3 - Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Nehemiah 9:36 - Behold, we are slaves today, And as for the land which You gave our fathers, to eat of its fruit and its goodness, Behold, we are slaves in it.
Nehemiah 9:37 - Its abundant produce is for the kings Whom You have set over us because of our sins; They also rule over our bodies And over our cattle as they please, So we are in great distress.
John 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no place [to grow] in you [and it makes no change in your heart].
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
John 8:39 - They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”
新标点和合本 - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴仆。你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们回答他：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴隶，你怎么说‘会使你们自由’呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们回答他：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴隶，你怎么说‘会使你们自由’呢？”
当代译本 - 他们说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，从来没有做过奴隶，你怎么说我们可以得到自由呢？”
圣经新译本 - 他们说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有被谁奴役过，你怎么说‘你们必得自由’呢？”
中文标准译本 - 他们回答：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有做过谁的奴仆。你怎么说‘你们将要得自由’呢？”
现代标点和合本 - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有做过谁的奴仆，你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们回答说：“我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，从来没有作过谁的奴仆，你怎么说‘你们必得以自由’呢？”
New International Version - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
New International Reader's Version - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s children. We have never been slaves of anyone. So how can you say that we will be set free?”
English Standard Version - They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
New Living Translation - “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”
The Message - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
Christian Standard Bible - “We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
New American Standard Bible - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
New King James Version - They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
American Standard Version - They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
King James Version - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
New English Translation - “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
World English Bible - They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
新標點和合本 - 他們回答說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴僕。你怎麼說『你們必得以自由』呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們回答他：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說『會使你們自由』呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們回答他：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說『會使你們自由』呢？」
當代譯本 - 他們說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的子孫，從來沒有做過奴隸，你怎麼說我們可以得到自由呢？」
聖經新譯本 - 他們說：“我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有被誰奴役過，你怎麼說‘你們必得自由’呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 他們回答耶穌說：『我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說，「你們必得自主」呢？』
中文標準譯本 - 他們回答：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴僕。你怎麼說『你們將要得自由』呢？」
現代標點和合本 - 他們回答說：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有做過誰的奴僕，你怎麼說『你們必得以自由』呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 眾曰、我儕亞伯拉罕之裔、從未為人奴、何釋之云、曰、
文理委辦譯本 - 眾曰、我儕亞伯拉罕裔、從未為人奴、何云、釋我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 眾曰、我儕乃亞伯拉罕之裔、從未為人之奴、何云釋我、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若輩應曰：『吾輩乃亞伯漢之子孫、未嘗見奴於人、爾亦安得曰：「吾人將獲自由」乎？』
Nueva Versión Internacional - —Nosotros somos descendientes de Abraham —le contestaron—, y nunca hemos sido esclavos de nadie. ¿Cómo puedes decir que seremos liberados?
현대인의 성경 - “우리는 아브라함의 후손으로 남의 종이 된 적이 없는데 어째서 당신은 우리가 자유를 얻게 될 것이라고 말하시오?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Авраама и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Ибрахима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Ибрахима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они ответили: – Мы потомки Иброхима и никогда не были никому рабами. Как это мы можем «стать свободными»?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - – Nous, lui répondirent-ils, nous sommes la postérité d’Abraham , nous n’avons jamais été esclaves de personne. Comment peux-tu dire : « Vous serez des hommes libres ? »
リビングバイブル - 「おことばですが、私たちはれっきとしたアブラハムの子孫です。これまで、だれの奴隷になったこともありません。『自由にする』とはどういうことでしょう。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτόν· σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε· πῶς σὺ λέγεις ὅτι ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτόν, σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε; πῶς σὺ λέγεις, ὅτι ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε?
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles lhe responderam: “Somos descendentes de Abraão e nunca fomos escravos de ninguém. Como você pode dizer que seremos livres?”
Hoffnung für alle - »Aber wir sind Nachkommen von Abraham und niemals Sklaven gewesen«, wandten sie ein. »Wie kannst du da sagen: ›Ihr sollt befreit werden‹?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Họ nói: “Chúng tôi là dòng dõi Áp-ra-ham, không bao giờ làm nô lệ ai, sao Thầy nói chúng tôi được giải thoát?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาตอบว่า “เราเป็นลูกหลานของอับราฮัม ไม่เคยเป็นทาสใคร ท่านพูดมาได้อย่างไรว่าเราจะเป็นไท?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เขาเหล่านั้นตอบพระองค์ว่า “พวกเราสืบตระกูลมาจากอับราฮัม และยังไม่เคยเป็นทาสของใครเลย ท่านพูดได้อย่างไรว่า ‘ท่านจะเป็นอิสระ’”

Genesis 15:13 - God said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Luke 16:24 - And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’
Luke 16:25 - But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.
Luke 16:26 - And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’
John 19:25 - So the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister [ Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Judges 2:18 - When the Lord raised up judges for them, He was with the judge and He rescued them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.
Ezra 9:9 - For we are slaves; yet our God has not abandoned us in our bondage, but has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to revive us to rebuild the house of our God, to repair the site of its ruins and to give us a wall [of protection] in Judah and Jerusalem.
Exodus 1:13 - And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].
Exodus 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar, brick, and all kinds of field work. All their labor was harsh and severe.
Leviticus 25:42 - For the Israelites are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.
Judges 3:8 - So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Nehemiah 5:4 - There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.
Nehemiah 5:5 - Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are powerless [to redeem them] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Nehemiah 5:6 - Then I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words [of accusation].
Nehemiah 5:7 - I thought it over and then challenged the nobles and the rulers. I said to them, “You are exacting usury (excessive interest) from your own brother (relative).” So I held a great assembly to confront them.
Nehemiah 5:8 - I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed (purchased back) our Jewish brothers who were sold to the [Gentile] nations; now would you even sell your brothers, that they might be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a [single] word to say.
Nehemiah 9:27 - Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them. But when they cried out to You in the time of their suffering and distress, You heard them from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them people to rescue them. Who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah 9:28 - But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil before You; Therefore You abandoned them into the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. Yet when they turned and cried out again to You, You heard them from heaven, And You rescued them many times in accordance with Your compassion,
Judges 4:3 - Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Nehemiah 9:36 - Behold, we are slaves today, And as for the land which You gave our fathers, to eat of its fruit and its goodness, Behold, we are slaves in it.
Nehemiah 9:37 - Its abundant produce is for the kings Whom You have set over us because of our sins; They also rule over our bodies And over our cattle as they please, So we are in great distress.
John 8:37 - I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no place [to grow] in you [and it makes no change in your heart].
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
John 8:39 - They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.